Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

Property investment is often regarded as a game of finance. Here’s how you can best understand the financing options and strategies to suit your portfolio.
RBA reveals April cash rate call read icon 2 min read
Finance • 06 Apr 2021
RBA reveals April cash rate call - April 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its April call on the official cash rate, following its decision to cut the rate to a record low in November.
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NSW government rental issue read icon 2 min read
Finance • 01 Apr 2021
NSW government accused of ‘passing the buck’ on rental issue
The COVID-19 recovery bill that was introduced into NSW Parliament last week does nothing to support tenants or landlords, according to the Real Estate Institute of New...
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Property investors miss out on key tax benefits read icon 1 min read
Finance • 31 Mar 2021
Property investors miss out on key tax benefits
With the end of the financial year fast approaching, property investors are being urged to look into depreciation or risk losing thousands.
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Guide to NSW flood financial aid read icon 2 min read
Finance • 23 Mar 2021
Guide to NSW flood financial aid: From the banks to insurers
The banks are offering customers affected by the NSW floods loan repayment deferrals, among other forms of financial aid, while the Insurance Council of Australia has...
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Certificates of title to go digital read icon 1 min read
Finance • 17 Mar 2021
Certificates of title to go digital
The New South Wales government is proposing a new reform set to revolutionise the state’s processing of certificates of title.
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Auction frenzy read icon 1 min read
Finance • 16 Mar 2021
‘Auction frenzy’ fuelling Vic property market
The number of homes going under the hammer in the Victorian property market has only added to rising demand, with more investors looking to nab their piece of the pie.
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changing lending laws read icon 1 min read
Finance • 15 Mar 2021
Will changing lending laws see a debt disaster?
A soaring property market combined with a federal government looking to wind back safe lending laws is set to spell a “recipe for disaster”, according to industry...
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Malcolm Turnbull read icon 1 min read
Finance • 12 Mar 2021
Turnbull brands super for housing ‘craziest idea I’ve heard’
Using compulsory superannuation to help Australians get onto the property ladder will see property prices soar, creating more inequality, a former prime minister has...
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slow housing market’s up-crash read icon 1 min read
Finance • 10 Mar 2021
Changing policy only way to slow housing market’s ‘up-crash’
Australia’s booming property market could be slowed through the use of regulatory powers rather than a central bank intervention, an economist has said.
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comparing two house model read icon 1 min read
Finance • 05 Mar 2021
The difference between a $5m and a $10m property portfolio
There are many individuals out there with portfolios worth under or around $5 million. However, you very rarely hear about people with portfolios worth $10 million and...
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